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House vote: H.Res. 681 // January 10, 2018

H.Res. 681

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-OK)

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (S. 140) to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.

Congress Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

227 votes, representing 132,116,545 people52.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

181 votes, representing 105,410,951 people41.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 6.2% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon22752.2%
NayLost18141.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken06.2%